Evolution of monoamine reception and its role in cellular contractility.
How do #sponges coordinate their bodies despite lacking neurons and true muscles?
We show that sponges use monoamines to control water flow in their canals — reminiscent of how adrenaline regulates blood vessels.
My PhD story, now on BioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#Evolution
Our paper on single-cell learning is now published in
@currentbiology.bsky.social!
@wallaceucsf.bsky.social
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📣 New paper out! How do thousands of cells shape the emergent geometry of the avian embryo? We identify distinct, independently controllable mechanisms that contribute to embryo size and shape. @alex-plum.bsky.social @bensteventon.bsky.social @Guillermo Serrano Najera
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Experimental embryology postdoc available in my lab at the @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk working on the evolution of vertebral counts. Reach out if you’re passionate about EvoDevo, enjoy lab work and microscopy and are into or could get into cichlid fishes. Deadline on the 16th June. Please share!
In preprints: a new preprint curation initiative from Development
In preprints: the ins and outs of Cnidaria germ layers
Lucas Leclère and Chiara Sinigaglia @chisinig.bsky.social (@cnidevo.bsky.social @biom-banyuls.bsky.social) discuss 3 recent #preprints about the mechanisms that govern germ layer formation in Nematostella vectensis:
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Venice Evo Devo Summer School 2025:
Emergence & Evolution of Multi-Level Regulatory Systems
Aug 27-22, 2025
Centro Cultural Don Orione Artigianelli, Venice
Register at:
meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul...
Deadline is March 31, 2025.
#VeniceEvoDevo
After years… the Musser lab site is live! Signs of life confirmed! Hello world! 👋
We study how organisms evolved specialized cell types & orchestrate complex behav., working w/ sponges, sea anemone, and other early-branching animals. Find us in New Haven (or in your ponds & lakes) www.musserlab.org
